Hosting an SAA pool swim is as easy as dedicating a practice or part of your practice. This one-page template spells out the program.

We invite age group, Masters, summer, youth league, triathletes, learn-to-swim, water aerobics and any other water-based program to support the SAA cause by hosting a benefit swim at your home pool. Please contact us if you want to host an SAA pool swim. Below are common questions and support you can expect from us when hosting an SAA pool benefit swim. You can also find our current pool swim schedule here.

STARTING A POOL SWIM FAQs

WHY HOST A POOL SWIM?

The SAA pool benefit program was developed as an opportunity for those who want to support SAA but don’t have an SAA open water swim in their community or aren’t able to attend an SAA open water swim. This one-page template spells out the program and what SAA offers.

WE BUILD YOUR WEBSITE

We will create and host on swimacrossamerica.org a donation page for your pool swim and your swimmers; you provide a couple of paragraphs why you are hosting the swim and pictures and we will set it up for you.

WE HELP YOU PROMOTE

We promote pool swims to more than 100,000 supporters via our e-newsletters and social media.

WE HELP YOU SEND EMAILS

Registered participants to your pool swim get their own personal story/fundraising page and they may send pre-written e-mails to their friends and supporters encouraging donations. We also offer a Swim Across America app that participants may share messages via social media and track their fundraising progress.

WE GIVE BACK TO YOUR PROGRAM

We know pool space isn’t free. We know you might want to provide donuts, coffee and other stuff to create a fun day of swimming for your pool swim fundraiser. We offer up to 8% of the proceeds donated to your pool swim back to your program to help cover costs you incur. Should you forego the 8%, we will donate that money to our beneficiaries.

WE PROVIDE INSURANCE

If requested, we will provide the facility hosting your SAA pool benefit swim a $1,000,000 certificate of insurance naming the facility as an additional insured. The COI will be good for day of the pool swim and your swimmers will be required to sign an SAA waiver.

WE PROVIDE SWAG

We provide SAA branded swim caps and an SAA banner you may keep. We provide Amazon gift cards as incentives for participants who reach fundraising levels.

WHERE DOES THE MONEY GO?

Donations from your SAA pool swim are pooled together with other pool swims and granted to our beneficiaries so they may continue to conduct life-saving clinical trials and research to fight cancer.